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Self-administered Acupressure for Insomnia Disorder

NCT03623438 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2021-01-14

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Summary

The study is to evaluate the clinical effects of self-administered acupressure for treating insomnia disorder delivered by a training course. Subjects will be offered either self-administered acupressure training or sleep hygiene education. Their insomnia severity will be compared after 8 weeks.

Conditions

  • Insomnia Chronic

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Self-administered acupressure group

Subjects in the self-administered acupressure group will attend an acupressure training course (2 sessions, 2 hours each) to learn self-administered acupressure, which will then be performed every night for 4 weeks.

BEHAVIORAL

Sleep hygiene education (SHE) group

Subjects in the comparison group will receive sleep hygiene education (2 sessions, 2 hours each, same as the treatment group) and be reminded to follow the sleep hygiene practice daily for 4 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
64 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-09-01
Primary Completion
2020-08-30
Completion
2021-01-12

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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